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Midori is bothered by her family history when she sees Ran getting along so well with her parents.

Impressions:

I was really surprised with this episode. It was nowhere near the way most episodes go. Midori has always had an interesting back-story that until now they didn’t ever touch on except for when Midori first met Ran. This episode was so much better then a majority of this series that I was actually a bit disappointed that it didn’t go further. The topic of someone being feared and hated, even by their parents, for having these powers is a very real and understandable point. I can easily imagine the case being that someone would think Midori was a freak. Not only was it understandable but it’s a heavy topic to deal with someone being hated by their parents as a child. It was a big topic and just touching on it made this a great episode though.

I really hope they keep up this line of episodes. It really broke away from the usual pattern of some bad guy doing something, using their powers to discover the problem but mostly using normal means to stop or resolve this. However there was really bad guy in this episode at all. Partially because it was different, it stood out, but I also think that is its plain better for this show right now and they really need to do more of it.